Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-29
I wn, M, custom TO give Bnsselt 30

on the fact that the Van Buren, estate
still owes him th amount. BusSett
learned to snuff himself br smelling
h $ fingers after carrying snuff to Henry
Clay. and when he had reached h y fifty
years OF service as II Senate employee
the Senators gave him sold silver
snuf-box. lined with gold. on the lid
of wkich was testimonial 10 his
fidelity.
Jim Belfor,l, Of Colorado. is fond of
Plug tobacco and Holman. of
Indiana lses tho best Of iiue cut.
Holman is an iaveterate chewcr aud
Hendricks used to say that he carried
a cheap grade of up g-tail twist about
him TO give TO his farmer const tuents.
but this is probably slauIer
Hendricks Fixed Detroit line cut aud he
was very fond of II cigar.
Gov. Curtin is another cigar smoker
and he usuallt gets away with about
six day. He says it Spols u cigar TO
cut its cud and that it should BIZ bitten
into with the teeth. as is dpnr II Cuba.
representative Den >tcr. Of Michigan,
smokes cigarettes. aud Mr. Glasscock.
of Californ u. during his Congress onul
days was the great C garetLc smoker OF
the House. Speaker Carlislc's fayoriie
chew is Of tho tobacco known us Prach
Tennessee bites off Ii cIlews from II
plug Senator Ingalls, smokes occasion-
all and lio always has II cigar for his
fr ends, and recent est mate showed
that out OF the seventy six Senators.
lifty-e ght used tobacco in one form or
other, and fourteen We're fond Of chew
ing.
Senator Cockrell is 81 Il 10 smoke
pipe ut his home, and | have never
seen cigar in his mouth. One OF the
best WAYS 10 compliment II public man
s 10 refer 10 the good quail iy OF hi.
tomacco. and this reminds mo of IN
office, seeking story which is toll OF
Gen. Jackson. The office seeker called
at the Whit House. AMI after chatting
with "Old ii cKor," about The delight
of smoking and the sweetness of good
tobacco, he said, upon leaving:
MIR. President. want to ask favor
of you"
"And what place is that" said Jack
son. W tn II slight frOwn Of disgust ut
what he had thought to be friendly
call turned into IN understanding sit.
"Ah!' replic'l the cringng Office
seeker. 81 Am not IN applicant for
position. AT least. not now. but my
father is rs fond OF lobIcco us you are.
aud he told mo it would DO the proudest
dav of his life if he could have II present
from YOU of onc of your pip,s." Jack
son nj tbs time was smoking an old
clay pipe, aud he ordered Ii mes<en-
ger to br ny II fresh onn. As III was
offered to the 0licn-Srckor. he replied:
No, Mr.. President. would like TO
have the one YOU are using. Give it
To me just Us it is. with tho ashes
smoking with t. aud on will receive
the everlasting thanks of M dear faith
err
jackson handed him the pipe.
"Oh! Thank YOU. thank you." he
said. rs he wrapped It carefully mp in a
silk handkerchief and bowed hinSrlfout
The result was that Jack son WAS d.
lighted. and when the mans namu really
came up for office sOnu da s later no
gave an important place in the Treas
urv.
Jackson was an invcterate smoker,
and it will be- II surprise to many
10 know how many cigars our
public men smoke daily, Grant
smoked fifteen day. Leopold
Morse. of Boston. nlwa has cigar
IN his mouth and Vrce-Presdent CoIfax
smoked da y his fifteen cigars. Davi d
Davis smoked all his life. Senator
kenna is II great smoker. ex-senator
Conger smokes three cigars daily, and
Allison il by no means avcrsc to q good
| cigar.
The Prince of Wales smokes cigars
and it IL said that Gladstone smokes a
p pc. Edwin b 'oih is Il Pipe smoker.
and TennyS IN. Thackerny and Bulwer
were always fond Of the weed. Charles
Lamb is ST. Il TO have used very poor
tobacco. and Isaac Newton lost his
swre heart through his abssntmindc
ness IN using her fingers Us q tobacco
stopper.
lho9ns Carlyle liked his pipe. Pope.
Swift, Boiimgbrokr and C"ngrcve were
addicted to snuff anL Frederick the
Great had II snuff pocket made in his
vest to satisfy his GRAY ngs. Gibbon,
the historian. was II confirmed snuff
taker. and Byron sang the praises of
tobacco. Milton. Locke. Ralc gh,
Izaak Walton. Addison. Steele Robert
Burns aud walter Scott all used tobacco,
and Prescott was very fond of smoking,
1t Injured his health. however. and
when h phys IN lin ted him to one
cigar Il day he ran all over Paris to buy
the biggest one he could find.
Senator Vest used 10 be great
smoker. but he found it was injur ng
his health and he swore of. Vcu Pres &.
dent Colfax stopped using the weed
for the same reason and there are q
number OF publ C men who think to,
bacco is filthy and will not allow It TO
touch their lips. Hoar. of Mas,achu-
selts. though he once smoked, does not
now. Senator Blair is Us much of d
tetotaller in tobacco rs IN liquors, and
Morgan and Pike are not users of tn,
, tobacco. Washington. Frank II and
, jefferson ne Their smoked nor chewed
and Heinc, Bt'z C aud Goethe detcstet
tobacco William Penn would not list
it in any form and Oliver Cromwell hat
his soldiers tramp down tobacco crops
-, In 1880 the Sultan forbade the Use o
-. tobacco in Turkey. and those VIII,
broke the law had their pipes llrus
through their noses AMI. seated ol
y, asses W ia the r faces toward the tails
thew were thus driven through TN